Dancing On Ice's Suzanne Shaw on her sexy new body: "I feel tighter, toned and fitter"

REUNITED: Suzanne Shaw and Skating partner Matt Evers who won in 2008 [REX]

The blonde beauty skates this weekend in the ninth and final series of the show, which features previous winners and contestants.

And gorgeous Suzanne - seen here in a rare sexyshoot - is one of the hot favourites to win.

She says: "I'm showing a lot of flesh. Can you ever really cover up in a Dancing On Ice costume? Not really.

"I don't know how far they're going to take it. If it was nipple tassels I would draw the line."

Since starting her training Suzanne, who won the show with current dance partner Matt Evers in 2008, has toned up - but doesn't reckon she looks better.

"I do feel tighter, toned and fitter. My legs and my bum have toned up but maybe not in the way I would like.

“I'm showing a lot of flesh. Can you ever really cover up in a Dancing On Ice costume? Not really”

Suzanne Shaw

"I want them to be slim, not chunky, but that's what happens when I train. My muscles build quite quickly because I have an athletic body."

Suzanne has been combining skating with appearinin panto in Bristol as Cinderella opposite Louie Spence.

She admits the punishing schedule left her exhausted, but now the panto's over, she is concentrating on doing her best for Dancing On Ice.

Suzanne says: "I'm throwing myself into it now. Before I had to be careful as I was really tired and that's when you get injuries.

"I couldn't train too much because I knew I had to be on stage doing two shows a day.

"And I didn't want to break a leg and be out of the competition."

The singer and actress, 32, who found fame as one fifth of Popstars' chart-topping band Hear'Say, admits she'd love to win again.

And being a self-confessed daredevil, her willingnessto try dangerous moves like the Headbanger could take her all the way to the final.

She says: "You want to get great scores, you want the audience to vote for you, but you're trying to be careful as it's so dangerous when you fall.

"I'm a daredevil and adrenaline junkie, but also I'm a lot more educated this time so I'm keeping my body strong.

PARTNERS: Starring as Cinderella alongside Louie Spence [REX]

"I'm quite competitive by nature - as a dancer, I've competed all my life. It's more so with myself, though: I love challenging myself and bettering myself. "So my competition really is with the person from back in 2008.

"But I'm having fun with it. It's a celebration of Torvill and Dean and 10 years of Dancing On Ice."

Last Sunday saw drama on the show as host Phillip Schofield, 51, jokingly made reference to pro skater Sylvain Longchambon, 33, and his romances with previous partners Jennifer Metcalfe, 30, and Samia Ghadie, 31.

Speaking about Sylvain's skate partner Jorgie Porter, he said: "Jorgie's hoping to win the main prize this time. I'm not talking about Sylvain, obviously."

But mum-of-one Suzanne says: "It was all done light-heartedly. There was nothing malicious about it.

"It was all meant to be tongue-in-cheek in a way that complimented Sylvain on his looks more than anything.

"People tend to get with the people they work with, so Dancing On Ice isn't so different."

But there's no chance of Suzanne falling for anyone on the show. She has a boyfriend but after high-profile relationships with Darren Day and DJ Jason King failed, she's keeping tight-lipped.

"This one has to stay behind closed doors. I've had too much bad luck in love. I don't want egg on my face again."

Suzanne is a patron of The Brain Tumour Charity, thebraintumourcharity. org. Watch her in Dancing On Ice on Sunday from 6.15pm on ITV1.